Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 355, November 2009

Case No 2556 (Colombia) - Complaint date: 28-FEB-07 - Closed

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 59. The Committee last examined this case at its November 2008 meeting [see 351st Report, paras 33–34, approved by the Governing Body at its 303rd Session]. The Committee recalls that the case concerns the refusal of the administrative authority to enter the statutes and executive committee of the Union of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry Workers (UNITRAQUIFA) into the trade union register, because, among other reasons, its members included workers from the temporary agencies serving the sector’s industries.
2. 60. In a communication dated 16 March 2009, the Government states that in accordance with rulings Nos C-465 of 14 May and C-695 of 9 July 2008, the Ministry of Social Protection can no longer refuse to enter trade union organizations in the trade union register and, moreover, the judicial authority has the competence to issue rulings on any irregularities that might exist. Consequently, the Government invites the trade union organization UNITRAQUIFA to present the documents before the Ministry of Social Protection again in order that registration may proceed.
3. 61. The Committee takes note of this information.